Henry baughman



HENRY BAUGHMAN, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROYBMENT N BEEBWES.

dlgs ,stimule referto tu in 'tigen @eine 'nicut'mi`a-nniivg het tf thetime T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1,' HENRY BAUGHMA, ot the city ot Columbus, county,1et" Fmnhiin, 'nndState ot- Ohio, ham inventedanew and improved Bee-Hive;and do hereby dechire that the foli'ov 's nihil 'und exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying dre-wings, and tothelet-tr ,i reference thereon.

Figure 1 represents an enlarged right section of the hive, showingcomb-iremos untlf-feeding-troughs.V4

Figure 2 represents .n perspective view of the hive, with the sideremoved endiid raised."

Figure 3 representsV e. perspective view of the interior 'of the hive.

Figure 4 represents n perspective` view of the hive lvvhen it isclosed.

The letters a are the sir-cheminer and false entrance'.

The letters b nre the true entrance and covered way into the hive.

The letters carc the 'comb-frames. i

The let-ters d nre the wire-gauze covering to combffrmznes.-

The letters e are the feeding-troughs. i

The letter-sf are the metal tubes ier filling feeding-troughs. 4

The nature of rziy invention is providing ubee-liive,fi` which-iig.4 isn perspective v\v,'with a combina.A tion of upper und lowercomb-frentes', as represented bythe letter c, figs. V14 und 2,furnishing honey-chambers 'inside themnin hive, and leuvingthehoneyeombs or combffranies e entirely surrounded by an air-chamber oropen space, between the combsfrnmes and main hive,` as shoivnget. a,igsd, 2, and'b also for providing bee-liives-ivith' n simple inode oventilation, by means ofthe ventil'zrtion-holegshownst carin figs. 1,3,11nd4; ails'o witi'iapecm liar entrance, I), figs., 1 3, and 4, forthe bees, with a false cntrzince, a,`i'ns shoivn` in figs. 1 a'nt14,surrounding the Atrue entrance en. three sides, asshownin iig; 4, anddesigned tn 'deceive'the miller-,Which infest the bees, ns

the miller will enter the iirstopening they find,hence tl1oy willbe-.deeo'yed into the air-chambcrfshoivn in ai, figs' 1, 2, end 3,surrounding the hive, the honey being enclosed in the c ornb-frzimcs e,shon'n inigs. 1, 2, land 3, Aby

n wire-gauze covering, shown by d in figs. V1, 2, and 3, covering tivoof thc sides of the comhft'rnmcs; as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3, whichsecures both the honeynnd the becs from th'e ravages of the-miller.

The comh-frames'are intended'to be held together' bj nstrip, connectingthe front Asind back of the hives, and cause tho bees to huilde combstraight frein the topto lthe bottom. l

In order to make my invention clearly understood, I will procecdtoiiesc1'i-be-tlie fullconstructioil of' it. The Afront of the 'hive ismnde'of o'ne'board, the full height and width of the h ivc. The `brickofthehive is made'of one boni-d, the full lWidth and two-thirds tho'hcightci the hive. The hack-board is held to the front board by strips,4trained across the width'of the' hive, at bottom andftop'. The :sidesare held at `the top by u rebate in the strips, connecting the front andback ,of the hive. i The loiv'cr ends of the sidesarc held in theirpince by screws, passing through the front and hoek of the hive into thesides of the lower end. Y The top of the hive is o. square board, thesize of the top of the hive, with 7three sides attachedtoit,corresponding to and form-` ing that portion of the hive whichprojects above' the cross-stripsvvhich connect the front and `hack ofthe hive.

The top boord lis fastened to the upper end ofthe fre-.t board byhinges, in such 'mnnncr as to enclose the top of the hive, vet easilyopened `when requisite. The sides are out" a-ivny at the bottom for theadmission of nir. The entrance for the becs is n. covered way,pifojecting from the hive, from six'to `eight inches, marked b Y infigs. 1 and 4. The coveredA wey by which the bees enter is surrounded'on 4three sides byianothereovered way, a, figs. 1 and 4, leading to theair-cheminer or open space a, figs. 1, 2, :md 3betweenth'ehoncy-chamber, `and shell of the hive. 'There :1re also threeopenings, a, against the front, where ih cfcovered way joins lon to thehive, iig. 4, lending tothe uinehauiber'a, iigs. 1, ,2, and 3. 'lhe mein'entru'nceibftigsfh 3, and 4, communicates only with the honey-chamber.i 1 1 The comb-frames consist ot? smell frames, c, figs. 1, 2, und 3,mode of tliinstrips,4 tivo or three inches wide,

on three sides, the bottoms joined together by narrower strips, leavingspace for, 'occs to enter. Each of the outside frames has a. face orcovering of xvi're ga-uze, as seen at CZ, figs. 1, 2, and 3,'which, whenthe comb-frames` are together, forms completev enclosed` chambers. Thelower frames, when in position, are held togetherI byprojecting serenain the sides, which press on the comb-f`rames in suclia manner as tohold them rmly togethcr- The c'oinb-frames 0,'iigs. 1 and 2, in theupper part of the liiy'e, are held together by strips of tin tackedacross..

each end. The upper comb-frames are similar in construction to thclower, vyet entirely independent. The becs communicate with the uppercomb-frames'by means of holes cutthrouglrtlie top of the lowercomb-frames.

The feeding-freine is marked e, figs. 1, 2, :rnd 3. It is similar insizeand construction to one of the llower comb-frames c, gs. 1, 2,'and3, with thev addition of four strips running across"itrtnrmingtroughs,covered `with fine wire gauze, as shown at e, iv. 3. Thetrouglls'receive tbe food for the becs by means of small tubes,f, figsA1 and, running from the top of tbefrjume -to each o f the troughs.. Thegauze covering to the troughs 'protects the bees from being crowded intothe. food gircn them. t A f A l The feeding-apparatus is to be usedjonlyin thecase ofweak swirms, that are'short of honey in the fall of theyear; at all other timesa. simplocoEnb-frame can beused instead.

What I claim as my invention, 'and wishfto secure by Letters Patent, isl5 1. The projecting entrance for thc bees, surrounded by -licfalse-'entrance tol the air-chamber, as arranged and described l A' v y'y 2. The feeding-troughs, lwith their connecting-tubes and wire-gauze.covernns shown and described. 3.` The` combination of comb-fromesiwitlithe wire-gauze covering, as arranged and shown. l

' HENRY BAGHMAN.

Witnesses:

H. J. Rrcn, G.'B. OGLEVIE.

